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WTF is wrong with the left?

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #827 on: March 19, 2021, 03:50:44 PM »
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/when-the-narrative-replaces-the-news-9ea
"He chose the spas, his ex roommates said, because he thought they were safer than other ways to get easy sex."

Ted Cruz is out there saying that focusing on the murderer misses the real story - illegal brothels

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #828 on: March 19, 2021, 06:37:03 PM »
Great article.

Pretty good article. He points to some of what I also see as the flaws of the left. Not that I am siding with conservatives either. We'd all be better off if folks on both sides focused a little more on fixing themselves instead of always pointing fingers at others.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2021, 09:51:50 PM by illiniray »
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #829 on: March 19, 2021, 06:43:09 PM »
"He chose the spas, his ex roommates said, because he thought they were safer than other ways to get easy sex."

Ted Cruz is out there saying that focusing on the murderer misses the real story - illegal brothels

He might sort of have a point but misses it. Brothels should be legal.

I don't really want to go here at this point. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/03/17/atlanta-spa-shootings-illicit-reviews-massage-parlors/4737755001/

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #830 on: March 19, 2021, 07:07:18 PM »
Pretty good article. He points to some of what I also see ss the flaws of the left. Not that I am siding with conservatives either. We'd all be better off if folks on both sides focused a little more on fixing themselves instead of always pointing fingers at others.

I can agree with u on that.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #831 on: March 19, 2021, 07:34:56 PM »
Sorry. Somehow I am not seeing a lack of voter suppression as a privilege.
What on Earth do you think white privilege WOULD look like?

In other words, what identifiable difference between black and white people would you be willing to say, "yes, in that case, the whites are privileged"???

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #832 on: March 19, 2021, 07:40:18 PM »
I am talking about people who might be inclined to be sympathetic....They are put off  because they are accused of privilege and they just don't feel particularly privileged.
If you can't recognize definitional white privilege and accept it as a fact of American sociological life, you are not, in any way, "included to be sympathetic" to the people on the receiving end of systemic racism.

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #833 on: March 19, 2021, 08:51:03 PM »
If you can't recognize definitional white privilege and accept iunt as a fact of American sociological life, you are not, in any way, "included to be sympathetic" to the people on the receiving end of systemic racism.

First, I wrote  'inclined, not 'included'.

That said, I still disagree.

The disconnection might be wildly different understandings of privilege. Examples of unearned privilege:

*Getting  breaks from the police or court cases / tickets fixed because of family connections.
*Inherited family memberships in exclusive clubs.
*Legacy admissions to prestigious universities despite not qualifying

Not privileges:
*Freedom from voter suppression.
*Not being abused by the police.
*Not  being denied employment or credit soley based on race.
*Can readily buy bandaids that match one's skin tone.
 
I have already said that residual systemic racism still exists. I do think things have improved since the end of Jim Crow institutional racism;  which I actually recall.

American culture has been called a melting pot, but it is really more like a stew pot. All the ingredients maintain their own identity, while seasoning or influencing the others.

Of course there is cultural conflict and clash. The white European culture has been predominant up until now,  but it itself is a product of a blending of oft conflicting subcultures.

« Last Edit: March 19, 2021, 09:25:57 PM by illiniray »
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #834 on: March 19, 2021, 09:29:02 PM »
I am a big fan of cultural exchange and am skeptical about cultural appropriation complaints. This is a pretty good read:

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-trouble-with-cultural-appropriation

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #835 on: March 19, 2021, 09:30:59 PM »
I am a big fan of cultural exchange and am skeptical about cultural appropriation complaints.

Finna hafta agree.

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #836 on: March 19, 2021, 09:50:04 PM »
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #837 on: March 19, 2021, 10:07:43 PM »
A long time friend who happens to be a Black female sent me a snap yesterday of her genealogy results. There was a crude red ellipse drawn around the 3% Irish result with a caption stating, “Stop appropriating my culture!!!”

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #838 on: March 19, 2021, 10:18:36 PM »
A long time friend who happens to be a Black female sent me a snap yesterday of her genealogy results. There was a crude red ellipse drawn around the 3% Irish result with a caption stating, “Stop appropriating my culture!!!”

She always sends the best stuff
Does she think TV commercials are allowed to feature single-race couples?

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #839 on: March 20, 2021, 01:58:19 AM »
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